During my last trip to Rio in December I met Brian on Grindr.  As soon as he learned that I was American, he started writing in English - English that was clearly not the product of a translation app - and told me that he was 19, lived in Rio and basically that he really loved to bottom for tall, older white guys.  He also sent lots of pictures that I very much liked.  One of them is attached.

Now, yes, this is Brazil which is a magical place where amazing things do happen and I also do happen to be a tall, older white guy but this is also Grindr and this isn’t my first rodeo.  Or, in other words, I was immediately suspicious of the profile…. Brian is not a Brazilian name that I have ever heard before, the English was on par with my own and, well, if something is too good to be true….  But, did I mention there were lots of pictures and that I like pictures?

In any case, I eventually asked Brian for his WhatsApp to which he replies that he doesn’t want to share that yet.  At this point, I become almost certain that “Brian” is probably the proverbial 400 lbs man sitting in his parents’ basement that gets off by doing stuff like this but for whatever reason I don’t block him and he not only doesn’t block me but continues to periodically send sexy pictures to me via Grindr for the next couple months.  His distance from me also always puts him in Rio whenever I tap on the profile.

All of this brings us to a couple days ago when I was on a terribly boring phone call that wouldn’t end and I began chatting with him on Grindr again.  He said two and a half things that make me think there is half a chance the profile might be real:

Thing One - His real name is Diogo (which is very Brazilian) and that he uses Brian when chatting with foreigners because it’s easier for them.

Thing Two - He agreed to meet up with me next week when I am in Rio.  To all those concerned about my safety, don’t worry, it’s going to be a public place and I’m still more than a little suspicious about this whole thing so I will be extra cautious when (if) he arrives.

Thing Two and One-half - When the topic of PrEP came up he made a joke about only ever having used condoms the handful of times that he has been with women and there not being much of a chance that I will get him pregnant.  Apparently, he has been on PrEP for as long as he has been sexually active.  This 1) made me feel really, really, really old, and 2) made me feel like “Brian” might really be real since that joke/observation/detail strikes me as something that a 400 lbs man sitting in his parents’ basement in Poughkeepsie, NY gets wrong.

Anyway, hopefully I don’t get murdered….

19 years old been on prep for as long as he has been sexually active? I wonder if its that easy to get prep in brazil even for teenagers? 

Good luck. It sure as hell is worth the cost of a cup of coffee to find out.

good luck with Brian and let us know how it went.

And don't slander good people of Poughkeepsie, NY

6 hours ago, spoon said:

19 years old been on prep for as long as he has been sexually active? I wonder if its that easy to get prep in brazil even for teenagers? 

My understanding most of which comes from talking with Beautiful Creature is that PrEP is readily available and free in Brazil for anybody that has a penis and likes to sleep with other people that also have a penis.  For what it is worth, that’s also the case here in Merica too, oddly enough.

Greetings from Etta Bar in Rio de Janeiro.  I met Brian here earlier today. He is not a 400 lbs man that lives in his parents’ basement in Poughkeepsie, NY.  The pictures are fake though.  He is a nicely put together twink and does look similar to the pictures but they are definitely not him.  He is younger and also slim rather than toned.  Anyway, the rest is accurate though.

His English is excellent and he has applied to a number of universities in America and plans to start at one of them this fall.  The Schools he has applied to all would immediately have tossed my application in the trash.

His father is apparently a director at one of Brazil’s larger banks so money is not an issue for the family nor is the fact that their son is gay…  what does seem to be an issue though is that their son is gay and likes to sleep with tall white boys that are aged 35 to 45.  The fact that their son likes older men has apparently been a major point of contention within the family.  Is there a term for this (just curious and I’m pretty sure one of you will know)?

In any case though, Brian is not somebody that I would travel to Brazil to see normally but he was cute and seemed eager to go back to my hotel and I’m generally of the mind that sex is usually a good idea so, anyway, we went back to my hotel and he bottomed for me and came while I was inside him and got cum all over the sheets which was messy but also kinda sorta hot.

He still didn’t want to exchange WhatsApp so I guess we will stay in touch on Grindr.  The moral of this story though is that should you be using Grindr near an Ivy League university next year and get contacted by a twink that tells you he really likes getting fucked by tall older white men, well, it could be for real.

What an incredible story that, err, happens to have a happy ending!